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NBA star Miles Bridges' custody battle with the mother of his four children has taken another twist after he accused her of assault for allegedly throwing water over him.
Bridges claims that Mychelle Johnson doused him in water in full view of their kids when he went to retrieve them for his scheduled parenting time on June 22, before threatening to do so again if they continued to argue.
The filing also states that he documented the alleged incident afterwards by messaging Johnson through a co-parenting app, saying: 'So it's funny to throw water on me in front of my kids?'
She allegedly replied, according to the court documents: 'you were cussing infront of them scaring them SO i played it off SO they would laugh they did.'
Johnson is then accused of denying Bridges his scheduled parenting time and taking their four children from North Carolina to Florida.
'The Mother has repeatedly placed the children in the middle of the parties' dispute, used the children as leverage against the Father, exposed the children to an act of physical violence committed against the Father, and then attempted to cause the children to laugh at or minimize that conduct,' Bridges' attorneys claim.
'Exposing young children to an assault upon their Father and then trivializing that assault is harmful to their emotional health, safety, and welfare.'
Bridges is seeking primary physical custody of their children as well as joint legal custody which includes his ex-partner being supervised by a qualified third-party supervisor during her scheduled parenting time.
Mychelle Johnson is facing misdemeanor charges of assault and battery over the alleged water incident.
Bridges was granted a temporary restraining order against Johnson back in May after accusing her of 'cyberstalking' him and turning up at one of his basketball games to damage his car. Johnson denied the claims.